Comments on: Let’s Cut PowerPoint Some Slack http://advanceyourslides.com/2009/11/20/lets-cut-powerpoint-some-slack/ End Bad PowerPoint Wed, 16 May 2012 06:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nick Smith http://advanceyourslides.com/2009/11/20/lets-cut-powerpoint-some-slack/#comment-8 Nick Smith Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:03:05 +0000 http://advanceyourslides.com/?p=299#comment-8 Hey guys, thanks for the great recommendations. I heartily agree that Slide:ology and Presentation Zen are the best presentation design books out there. I'm currently reading Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips. It's a great primer on basic graphic design concepts and terminology. Do any of you know of any other resources (books or otherwise) on the more general topic of visual rhetoric and communication? Hey guys, thanks for the great recommendations. I heartily agree that Slide:ology and Presentation Zen are the best presentation design books out there.

I’m currently reading Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips. It’s a great primer on basic graphic design concepts and terminology.

Do any of you know of any other resources (books or otherwise) on the more general topic of visual rhetoric and communication?

]]> By: Jon Thomas, Presentation Advisors http://advanceyourslides.com/2009/11/20/lets-cut-powerpoint-some-slack/#comment-7 Jon Thomas, Presentation Advisors Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:33:53 +0000 http://advanceyourslides.com/?p=299#comment-7 Great post Nick. I definitely agree that the lack of any training around effective presentation design is lacking. It amazes me how many people think that the way PowerPoint is utilized today (bullet points, full sentences, bad graphics) is the way it's supposed to be presented. It's a common misconception and often one that is unchanged until someone A) sees a REAL PowerPoint presentation (ala Garr Reynolds, Seth Godin, etc); B) is taught by a colleague who knows or C) actively attempts to learn about effective presentation design. As for learning, the first recommendation I always make is Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. That book will dramatically help anyone who has to present in any manner. Great post Nick. I definitely agree that the lack of any training around effective presentation design is lacking. It amazes me how many people think that the way PowerPoint is utilized today (bullet points, full sentences, bad graphics) is the way it’s supposed to be presented. It’s a common misconception and often one that is unchanged until someone A) sees a REAL PowerPoint presentation (ala Garr Reynolds, Seth Godin, etc); B) is taught by a colleague who knows or C) actively attempts to learn about effective presentation design.

As for learning, the first recommendation I always make is Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. That book will dramatically help anyone who has to present in any manner.

]]> By: Ben Hastings http://advanceyourslides.com/2009/11/20/lets-cut-powerpoint-some-slack/#comment-6 Ben Hastings Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:34:17 +0000 http://advanceyourslides.com/?p=299#comment-6 I highly recommend slideology by Nancy Duarte. Presentation Zen is pretty good, too, but Slideology does a better job of helping the reader get into the frame of mind to consider their presentation as a design challenge, not on-screen documentation using poor grammar! I highly recommend slideology by Nancy Duarte. Presentation Zen is pretty good, too, but Slideology does a better job of helping the reader get into the frame of mind to consider their presentation as a design challenge, not on-screen documentation using poor grammar!

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